EVENTS

Center for Healthy Minds hosts online and in-person gatherings, livestreams and more. Learn more about upcoming events and offerings here.

Upcoming Events

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Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion: Neurocircuits, Hormones and the Understanding and Treatment of Psychopathology

Apr 22 to Apr 23, 2026

Join CHM Founder/Director Dr. Richie Davidson and Ned H. Kalin, MD, on April 22-23 for this year's Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion. The symposium... Learn More >

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Unspoken Intelligence: Other Ways of Knowing, Extraordinary Cognition, and the Edges of Consciousness

May 21 to May 22, 2026

Register for the 2026 International Forum on Consciousness on May 21-22! Learn More >

Past Events

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DREAM BIG: What Is a Healthy Mind and How Can You Cultivate It?

Aug 30 , 2018

Identifying the qualities characterizing a healthy mind Learn More >

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Wisdom Within: Buddhist and Scientific Perspectives on Compassion and Well-Being

Aug 21 , 2018

This event, featuring Buddhist leader His Holiness Sakya Trichen Rinpoche, Center for Healthy Minds at UW–Madison Director and neuroscientist... Learn More

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Mind & Life Europe's European Summer Research Institute

Aug 20 to Aug 26, 2018

A week-long exploration of kinship, conflict and compassion Learn More >

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Well-being is a Skill

Aug 17, 2018

Can well-being be learned? Learn More >

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Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting (MBCP)

Jul 10 , 2018

An exploration of mindfulness practices to childbirth and parenting Learn More >

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The Madison Reunion: A Party With a Purpose

Jun 14 to Jun 16, 2018

Center Founder Richard Davidson joins the Madison Reunion Learn More >

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How Can Mindfulness Support Early Childhood Development?

Jun 7 , 2018

In this virtual event, you will learn how mindfulness supports healthy adult-child relationships and what we know about mindful parenting and teaching Learn More >

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Meditation and the Science of Human Flourishing

Jun 1 , 2018

Essential teachings on the Joy of Living with Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche and Richard Davidson. Learn More >

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Well-Being is a Skill; How to Have a Healthy Mind with Richard Davidson

May 23 , 2018

Center Founder Richard Davidson will give a talk on "Well-Being is a Skill" at St. John's Hospital in Jackson, WY. Learn More >

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“Don’t We Never Learn?” Part II: Learning and Transformation

May 20 , 2018

Center Founder Richard Davidson joins the Academy for the Love of Learning in a dialogue about the transformative impact of the Academy's work. Learn More >

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International Forum on Consciousness

May 17 to May 18, 2018

How do scientists measure and detect consciousness? Learn More >